Williams, Robert

Consultant Crypto AML/BSA/OFAC

I am a Financial Crimes Prevention Professional with 20 years of expertise in the field including the USA Patriot Act, OFAC, BSA, AML, KYC, and CDD. The banking sectors I maintain expertise in are Correspondent, Private, Retail, Corporate and Investment Banking, and Capital Markets. I began my Financial Crime Compliance career  in late 2001, at Credit Lyonnais, (later Calyon/Credit Agricole) perfecting my investigative skills performing possible money laundering cases and writing SARS, where applicable.Subsequently from 2006-2015 ,I was at BNPParibas as their designated OFAC Compliance Officer. Therafter I was employed at Standard Chartered Bank in the Sanctions Advisory area as an SME, from March of 2015- March of 2020. At this point in my life and my career I decided I m,ay need a backup or possible change and became deeply engrossed in all things Crypto and Blockchain. for a change I have completed multiple  courses on SQL, Block Chain, AI, Python, and Tableau, in addition to watching several webinars involving all of the above, in 2020 and 2021.  Subsequently I successfully completed a Certified Cryptocurrency Investigator certificate course (CCI), in March of 2021, and a separate course (CRFCC), in June of 2021.In addition I have presented at at least a dozen online Crypto,AI,AML and Fraud summits, and was even live in NYC in the middle of May 2022. I did a short Consultancy gig at ICBC Broker dealer from January through April of 2022. Currently I am seeking to pivot to the great wide world of Crypto, or as an OFAC Compliance Officer, AML/BSA Officer or KYC Onboarding Manager